"I know I need to end this relationship, but I texted him three times yesterday. Why did I do that? What's wrong with me?"
This is a common refrain from many of my private clients. These are loving, considerate, intelligent often very successful people. Yet they...

Forgiving Others Ain't Easy, But Here Is What You Need to Do First!
Today I'm writing about forgiveness as the path to finding peace. But before I jump in, I want to make sure you know:
Forgiveness doesn't mean allowing ourselves to be abused.
More on that later....

You Try to Get Out, But He Keeps Pulling You Back In!
If you’ve dated a commitment phobic man you might be very familiar with his Pursue/Panic Syndrome:
He wants you.
You give in.
Then he doesn’t want you.
It hurts.
You find the strength to walk away.
He wants you.
You give...

Excerpt: I let loose a spew of venom somewhere along the lines of, "You are such a selfish bastard. You never think of anyone but yourself and I'm so sick of you letting me down and treating me like crap and there's something definitely really,...

Why Georgia Can't Quit Her Toxic Guy
"I know he's bad for me. I know he won't change. There are times I'm so sick of him, I don't even want to see him anymore. Then why is it that the thought of permanently breaking up with...

This story was first featured in HuffPo GPS for the Soul.
Are you dating a Casanova?
Casanova (via The Urban Dictionary):
A smooth-talking charmer who has mastered the art of finding, meeting, attracting and seducing beautiful women into the bedroom.
Once he accomplishes his goal, he leaves the woman...

Some of us think we're God because we believe we can change other people.
Or we think that by changing our own behavior, we can impact and change the behavior of our partner.
When we're in a functional, loving relationship with a normal, healthy adult changing our...

I have a client I'll call Josie who has had three pregnancy scares in the last year. My initial advice was fairly simple, "Start using birth control, yo!"I'd helped Josie get out of a long-term, toxic relationship so she thought that if she quit taking birth control pills she'd be less likely to have casual sex and end up in another inappropriate relationship based solely on hormones and headed nowhere fast.But sex is a sticky-wicket for we mere mortals and the temptation proved to be too much three times in the last year and because she hadn't intended to have sex, birth control was forgotten in the heat of the moment.